WawonaNews.com - December 2018
Images From the Christmas Tree Lighting
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Looking For A Place To Rent In Wawona
From Acadia to Yosemite: I'm a recent transplant from Maine searching for a rental in Wawona in order to be nearby the NPS Education office where I am working year-round. No pets, just two cute houseplants. Call or text (603) 568-5746.
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Wawona Project by Boy Scout
Hi, this is Joseph Balogh from Fresno. I’m currently working on an eagle project for the Boy Scouts of America, and i’m attempting to gather potential ideas for a project. Me and my family have been part time residents in Wawona for a few generations. I would love to give back to the community, so I thought that I would contact those who know more about the area than I do. (That’s you!)
The project’s parameters are as such:
1. It has to be non-profit. Basically, I can’t organize a project for a private business, it has to be for the community.
2. It has to be simple! If a normal person with less than five minutes of training can’t do it, then the idea’s a bust. The whole point of an eagle project is to organize a group of people to accomplish a service for a community, and there’s no way I can do that efficiently if I have to spend an hour teaching each person how to do something.
3. Any and all supplies needed for the project have to be donated by the community.
I would appreciate any ideas you could give me, i’m looking to do the project sometime around the spring/summer of 2019.
If you’d like to contact me directly, you can call or text (text preferred) at (559) 203-0957
Thank you for your help and ideas. I am providing my email address here below. Please contact me if you can help with my project.
Sincerely,
Joseph Balogh
[email protected]
The project’s parameters are as such:
1. It has to be non-profit. Basically, I can’t organize a project for a private business, it has to be for the community.
2. It has to be simple! If a normal person with less than five minutes of training can’t do it, then the idea’s a bust. The whole point of an eagle project is to organize a group of people to accomplish a service for a community, and there’s no way I can do that efficiently if I have to spend an hour teaching each person how to do something.
3. Any and all supplies needed for the project have to be donated by the community.
I would appreciate any ideas you could give me, i’m looking to do the project sometime around the spring/summer of 2019.
If you’d like to contact me directly, you can call or text (text preferred) at (559) 203-0957
Thank you for your help and ideas. I am providing my email address here below. Please contact me if you can help with my project.
Sincerely,
Joseph Balogh
[email protected]
New Yosemite Forester
November 26, 2018
I’d like to introduce myself to the Wawona Community. My name is Pegg O’Laughlin Julson and I am the new Forester for Yosemite NP. There is much to be done by way of forestry here in the Park, and Wawona keeps drawing my attention. Many of you have experienced a great deal throughout the past summer and fall in regards to the Ferguson Fire as well as ongoing drought and infestations of bark beetles killing many trees on both private and park lands. The dead and dying trees are of concern to all of us in relationship to being an added fire hazard, tree failure hazard, as well as just being visually displeasing.
Please be patient as our tree crews work on addressing the most severe tree hazards first and work our way towards Wawona. I appreciate your diligence in doing what work you can on your own properties as well as passing information on to me about new forestry related developments.
The Wawona Wood Yard is now open for residents and property owners (no contractors) for fuelwood cutting as well as vegetative yard waste dumping. Please use the designated vegetative debris pile in the back for its intended purpose only. Where forestry and roads crews have temporarily piled logs for removal, please do not add to those piles or dump debris, tires etc. The Park has limited time and resources to do the great amount of work needed as it is. Illegal dumping just makes that job harder and takes longer.
For now, we are asking that NO DUMPING of ashes near the wood yard occur. There have been problems in the past and we all need to be vigilant in properly letting ashes completely cool in a metal container before dumping anywhere. I look forward to m
November 26, 2018
I’d like to introduce myself to the Wawona Community. My name is Pegg O’Laughlin Julson and I am the new Forester for Yosemite NP. There is much to be done by way of forestry here in the Park, and Wawona keeps drawing my attention. Many of you have experienced a great deal throughout the past summer and fall in regards to the Ferguson Fire as well as ongoing drought and infestations of bark beetles killing many trees on both private and park lands. The dead and dying trees are of concern to all of us in relationship to being an added fire hazard, tree failure hazard, as well as just being visually displeasing.
Please be patient as our tree crews work on addressing the most severe tree hazards first and work our way towards Wawona. I appreciate your diligence in doing what work you can on your own properties as well as passing information on to me about new forestry related developments.
The Wawona Wood Yard is now open for residents and property owners (no contractors) for fuelwood cutting as well as vegetative yard waste dumping. Please use the designated vegetative debris pile in the back for its intended purpose only. Where forestry and roads crews have temporarily piled logs for removal, please do not add to those piles or dump debris, tires etc. The Park has limited time and resources to do the great amount of work needed as it is. Illegal dumping just makes that job harder and takes longer.
For now, we are asking that NO DUMPING of ashes near the wood yard occur. There have been problems in the past and we all need to be vigilant in properly letting ashes completely cool in a metal container before dumping anywhere. I look forward to m
November 21 Alert: Watch For Debris On Roads In Ferguson Fire Footprint
Drive carefully and slowly this week as a storm is expected to pass through starting Wednesday and continuing through the weekend. Rainfall of 0.25 to 0.5 inches is predicted Wednesday evening and on Friday. Rain can bring down loose soils, rocks, and other debris in the Ferguson Fire area. Pay extra caution from Cascade Falls Picnic Area to Sweetwater Creek on Highway 140/El Portal Road and between Grouse Creek and Chinquapin on Wawona Road. During periods of heavy rain, consider avoiding driving until the rain stops. Preemptive road closures may occur if predicted rainfall rates increase. (G. Dickman)
Tioga and Glacier Point Roads in Yosemite National Park will Close Beginning at 6:00 pm Tuesday, November 20,
Due to Incoming Winter Weather
The Tioga and Glacier Point Roads in Yosemite National Park will close to all vehicular traffic beginning at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 due to incoming winter weather. The road will reopen as weather and road conditions permit. This is not necessarily a seasonal closure.
A series of winter storms are expected to pass through the Yosemite Area, beginning on Tuesday evening through the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Yosemite National Park is open year-round with snow removal on all other roads within the park. Highway 120 West, Highway 140, and Highway 41 remain open year-round and provide access to Yosemite Valley. The Hetch Hetchy Road is open for day use throughout the winter months.
All roads within the park are subject to chain control or temporary closures due to hazardous driving conditions. All motorists are required to carry tire chains, even if their car is equipped with four-wheel drive, while driving in the park during the winter months.
For updated 24-hour road and weather conditions for Yosemite National Park, please call 209-372-0200. (J. Richards)
Due to Incoming Winter Weather
The Tioga and Glacier Point Roads in Yosemite National Park will close to all vehicular traffic beginning at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 due to incoming winter weather. The road will reopen as weather and road conditions permit. This is not necessarily a seasonal closure.
A series of winter storms are expected to pass through the Yosemite Area, beginning on Tuesday evening through the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Yosemite National Park is open year-round with snow removal on all other roads within the park. Highway 120 West, Highway 140, and Highway 41 remain open year-round and provide access to Yosemite Valley. The Hetch Hetchy Road is open for day use throughout the winter months.
All roads within the park are subject to chain control or temporary closures due to hazardous driving conditions. All motorists are required to carry tire chains, even if their car is equipped with four-wheel drive, while driving in the park during the winter months.
For updated 24-hour road and weather conditions for Yosemite National Park, please call 209-372-0200. (J. Richards)
Yosemite National Park Announces Winter Operations in the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias to Begin on Friday, November 30
Yosemite National Park Announces winter operations in the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias to begin on Friday, November 30, 2018.
The Mariposa Grove will be closed to automobiles for the winter season beginning on Friday, November 30, 2018. The Mariposa Grove Shuttle Service also ends for the season on November 30, 2018. Visitors can use the South Entrance Parking Area and walk into the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias.
The visitor contact station and gift shop located in the Depot at Mariposa Grove will be open during the winter season, as weather and road conditions permit. During the month of December, the Depot will be open 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. The Depot operations in January and February may vary depending upon weather and road conditions.
All roads within the park are subject to chain control or temporary closures due to hazardous driving conditions. All motorists should carry tire chains, even if their car is equipped with four-wheel drive. Tire chains may be required at any time based on conditions.
For updated 24-hour road and weather conditions for Yosemite National Park, please call 209-372-0200 (press 1,1). J. Richards)
Yosemite National Park Announces winter operations in the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias to begin on Friday, November 30, 2018.
The Mariposa Grove will be closed to automobiles for the winter season beginning on Friday, November 30, 2018. The Mariposa Grove Shuttle Service also ends for the season on November 30, 2018. Visitors can use the South Entrance Parking Area and walk into the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias.
The visitor contact station and gift shop located in the Depot at Mariposa Grove will be open during the winter season, as weather and road conditions permit. During the month of December, the Depot will be open 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. The Depot operations in January and February may vary depending upon weather and road conditions.
All roads within the park are subject to chain control or temporary closures due to hazardous driving conditions. All motorists should carry tire chains, even if their car is equipped with four-wheel drive. Tire chains may be required at any time based on conditions.
For updated 24-hour road and weather conditions for Yosemite National Park, please call 209-372-0200 (press 1,1). J. Richards)
Yosemite Wawona Elementary Charter School Board of Directors Vacancy
November 14, 2018
Vacancy
If you are interested in serving on this school board,
please contact:
Ed Mee (Board President): [email protected]
November 14, 2018
Vacancy
If you are interested in serving on this school board,
please contact:
Ed Mee (Board President): [email protected]
WAWONA BURN PILE UPDATE
Parker Bevington ~ Engine Captain: Wawona Fire
November 12, 2018
WAWONA BURN PILE OPEN
FOR RESIDENTS
AND
PROPERTY OWNERS
(NO CONTRACTORS!!)
Parker Bevington ~ Engine Captain: Wawona Fire
November 12, 2018
WAWONA BURN PILE OPEN
FOR RESIDENTS
AND
PROPERTY OWNERS
(NO CONTRACTORS!!)
Wawona Town Planning Advisory Committee Meeting
THE HOOTING OWL LECTURE SERIES
Back From The Brink:
Bighorns, Peregrines, and Foxes in Yosemite
with Sarah Stock, Wildlife Ecologist
Come join Sarah Stock, NPS Wildlife Ecologist, for a hopeful presentation on how the dire fate of animals in Yosemite is being reversed. She will talk about restoring the endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep; protecting Peregrine Falcons; and discovering the elusive Sierra Nevada red fox. These recovery stories in Yosemite demonstrate that good things are possible when we boldly address past mistakes.
Community Center doors will open at 6:00 PM.
The lecture will start at 6:30 PM.
November 8, 2018
Location:
Wawona Community Ctr.
Refreshments will be served! Cash donations also appreciated so we can keep these events going.
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Back From The Brink:
Bighorns, Peregrines, and Foxes in Yosemite
with Sarah Stock, Wildlife Ecologist
Come join Sarah Stock, NPS Wildlife Ecologist, for a hopeful presentation on how the dire fate of animals in Yosemite is being reversed. She will talk about restoring the endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep; protecting Peregrine Falcons; and discovering the elusive Sierra Nevada red fox. These recovery stories in Yosemite demonstrate that good things are possible when we boldly address past mistakes.
Community Center doors will open at 6:00 PM.
The lecture will start at 6:30 PM.
November 8, 2018
Location:
Wawona Community Ctr.
Refreshments will be served! Cash donations also appreciated so we can keep these events going.
FRIEND ON FACEBOOK
WAWONA NEWS
Copyright © 2018 Wawona Community Events, All rights reserved.
Our mailing address is:
PO Box 2164, Wawona, CA 95389
